Artisan Archive
Thread: Jet Packs
OdwahJoel
Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:56 am
#14
When the heck are we going to get Jet Packs? Every bounty hunter NEEDS to have a Jet Pack. They have them it Battlefront, when can we expect to see them in SWG?
rYsyn
Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:09 am
#15
JibbyJedi wrote:
Please recycle folks. Save our Star Wars forums,
That was a good one!
Don't expect Jet packs or Player Traps anytime soon, just be happy they are fixing the Jedi Missions and for a while at least ignore the fact that they still have not said when the other bugs will be fixed!
Message Edited by rYsyn on 02-27-2004 01:10 PM
RazaelDemron
Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:34 am
#17
Let's have a server where you can only pick one of two characters. A Jedi or a Mandalorian Armor wearing Jetpack equipped Bounty Hunter.
/sarcasm off
SkepticalJS
Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:05 pm
#19
Just say no to:
1. BH Jetpacks
2. BH Flamethrowers
3. BH Mandelorian Armor.
Skep
battledroid01
Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:09 pm
#20
Well if Jet pacjs were added..let them be used by everyone..if only Bh could use them there would be nothing but BH in this game..that would suck..So no to the jet packs...If they are added..let them be used by all..
Nef01
Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:46 pm
#21
If they gave us jetpacks then the jedi would cry and demand to be given force flight!
Message Edited by Nef01 on 02-27-2004 11:47 AM
Okur
Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:01 pm
#22
Maybe you could go for only a certain height for only a burst, not sure if anyone's played star wars bounty hunter on PS2, but in that case, you wouldn't be able to go on top of buildings or anything, and it would just be a short burst, but it would be the Bounty Hunter equivilent of a speed burst. So if a target is 64 meters away you could burst and land in front or behind him. And while you're in the air, should become arder to get a good hit on you by the target. Would be a type of moving defense for Bounty Hunters while giving them something of a speed burst towards or away from targets other than burst run.
However I also like the idea of a height cap, otherwise everyone will just try to land on the roof, probably clip through the building and get stuck . . . which could be funny to see too.
kenpomaster20
Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:07 pm
#23
Well, I must say that the jet pack was a major part of Boba and Jango Fett's lives. Jango use it to "escape" from the roof top after he sniped Zen with the toxic dart, and to fight Obi-won. Jango used it to try to kill Luke on Jabba's barge. It was the "thing" to have in the Star Wars movies. So, what's wrong with having it in SWG?
Think about it, it would make the game a little more interesting for BH. You could stalk your bounty from the sky, the roof tops, trees, whatever. You could drop down ontop of your bounty for a "suprise" attack, or anything of that sort. They could be used for in various number of ways. Personally, I would like the jetpack to be used to startle or suprise your bounty. Having some sort of "dropping in on target" function that allowed you to knock them down for a few seconds.
Also, I would like to see NPC and PC traps be introduced into the game for BH. Jango and Boba used them, why not us? It's only part of the Star Wars history. I'm a BH yet, but working on it. This would make the BH profession more interesting to have these items introduced I think.
Mathew Hawk (player name, Temptest)
Confusion12345
Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:59 pm
#24
I think Jetpacks should stay out of the game all together. Just because a couple bounty hunters in the movies used them (and one who learned from the other) doesn't mean all bounty hunters should have them. I didn't see jetpacks on any of the others in that star destroyer in episode 5 
coop6173
Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:19 pm
#25
Yec wrote:
Here's a better question: WHY? What on earth would you use them for? Just getting on the roofs of PAs to get jedi macroers?
An easy use for jetpacks would be to make them slower than a speeder, faster than a mount, that you canattack from while using it. It would carry the same restrictions as a mount, and only pemit standard attacks, no specials. Give it a high upkeep cost, either by garage repairs, or fuel cels.
I would have it require a certification to use, and I would make it sort of an "alternate advancement" skill, which you can buy once you hit master bounty hunter, for 25,000-36,000 investigation xp. This will stop dabblers in their tracks, as well as see to it that only the most dedcated of the bounty hunters would be able to equip one.
"We need to make it so that a Master Bounty Hunter in this game is just as good as Boba Fett"
"He gotkilled by a blind guy with a stick, right?"
Jossrok
Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:08 am
#26
I don't think the original poster was being another one of those "OMG 1 w4nt teh uber Fett armor and jet pack" type of post as much as it was him saying that in Battlefront PCs will be able to use them so why can't PCs here.
Battlefront will be cool, but no one needs jetpacks in SWG.